linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] of: Add a new macro to declare_of for one parameter function returning a value

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Message-Id: <1464770093-12667-2-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed,  1 Jun 2016 10:34:44 +0200
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org (open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND...)
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] of: Add a new macro to declare_of for one parameter function returning a value

The macro OF_DECLARE_1 expect a void (*func)(struct device_node *) while the
OF_DECLARE_2 expect a int (*func)(struct device_node *, struct device_node *).

The second one allows to pass an init function returning a value, which make
possible to call the functions in the table and check the return value in order
to catch at a higher level the errors and handle them from there instead of
doing a panic in each driver (well at least this is the case for the clkevt).

Unfortunately the OF_DECLARE_1 does not allow that and that lead to some code
duplication and crappyness in the drivers.

The OF_DECLARE_1 is used by all the clk drivers and the clocksource/clockevent
drivers. It is not possible to do the change in one shot as we have to change
all the init functions.

The OF_DECLARE_2 specifies an init function prototype with two parameters with
the node and its parent. The latter won't be used, ever, in the timer drivers.

Introduce a OF_DECLARE_1_RET macro to be used, and hopefully we can smoothly
and iteratively change the users of OF_DECLARE_1 to use the new macro instead.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
---
 include/linux/of.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 7fcb681..5b396d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -944,10 +944,13 @@ static inline int of_get_available_child_count(const struct device_node *np)
 #endif

 typedef int (*of_init_fn_2)(struct device_node *, struct device_node *);
+typedef int (*of_init_fn_1_ret)(struct device_node *);
 typedef void (*of_init_fn_1)(struct device_node *);

 #define OF_DECLARE_1(table, name, compat, fn) \
 		_OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, of_init_fn_1)
+#define OF_DECLARE_1_RET(table, name, compat, fn) \
+		_OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, of_init_fn_1_ret)
 #define OF_DECLARE_2(table, name, compat, fn) \
 		_OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, of_init_fn_2)

-- 
1.9.1